Lunar and martian silica (Review)

1,2Kayama, M.,3,4Nagaoka, 5,6Niihara, T.
Minerals 8, 267 Link to Article [DOI: 10.3390/min8070267]
1Creative Interdisciplinary Research Division, Frontier Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
2Department of Earth and Planetary Materials Science, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
3Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan
4Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sagamihara, Japan
5Department of Systems Innovation, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
6University Museum, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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Melting efficiency of troilite-iron assemblages in shock-darkening: Insight from numerical modeling

1Juulia-Gabrielle Moreaua, 1,2Tomas Kohout, 3KaiWünnemann
Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 282, 25-38 Link to Article [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2018.06.006]
1Department of Geosciences and Geography, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 64, FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland
2Institute of Geology, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Rozvojová 269, CZ-165 00 Prague 6 – Lysolaje, Czech Republic
3Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstraße 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany

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High pressure minerals in the Château-Renard (L6) ordinary chondrite: Implications for collisions on its parent body

1Baziotis, I., 2Asimow, P.D., 2Hu, J., 3Ferrière, L., 2Ma, C., 4Cernok, A., 4,5Anand, M., 3Topa, D.
Scientific Reports 8, 9851 Link to Article [DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-28191-6]
1Department of Natural Resources Management and Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Univ. of Athens, Iera Odos 75, Athens, Greece
2California Institute of Technology, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Pasadena, CA, United States
3Natural History Museum, Burgring 7, Vienna, Austria
4Planetary and Space Sciences, Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
5Department of Earth Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom

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No cosmic‐ray precompaction exposure of chondrules in CR2.7 MIL 090657

1Antoine S. G. Roth,1Ingo Leya
Meteoritics & Planetary Science (in Press) Link to Article [https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13186]
1Institute of Physics, University of BernBern, Switzerland
Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons

Cosmogenic nuclides are useful for reconstructing the cosmic‐ray precompaction exposure history of the chondritic components in the early solar system. Here, we present He and Ne isotope data for 22 chondrules and 4 matrix samples from Miller Range (MIL) 090657, which is the third most pristine Renazzo‐type (CR) carbonaceous chondrite (CR2.7). The studied samples contain variable mixtures of galactic cosmic ray (GCR)‐produced cosmogenic noble gases and trapped noble gases of presolar origin. Remarkably, all chondrules and matrix samples have within analytical uncertainty almost identical nominal 21Ne cosmic‐ray exposure (CRE) ages in the range 3.45–6.20 Ma. The nominal 3He CRE ages are mostly discordant, possibly due to partial 3H and 3He losses and/or an inaccurate correction for trapped 3He. The absence of precompaction exposure effects longer than a few Ma in MIL 090657 is at variance with data for other CR chondrites. We conclude that most CR chondrules experienced the same precompaction exposure history—although the nature of the precompaction exposure differs between the chondrites—in regions of the disk that were either exposed to or shielded from GCRs but in which exposure effects due to solar wind and/or solar cosmic rays (SCRs) were negligible. The new data do not support the X‐wind model of Shu and coworkers.

Simple deceleration mechanism confirmed in the terminal hypervelocity impacted tracks in SiO2 aerogel

1,2Mingfang Liu, 1,2Ai Du, 1,2Tiemin Li, 1,2Ting Zhang, 1,2Zhihua Zhang, 3Guangwei Cao, 3Hongwei Li, 1,2Jun Shen, 1,2Bin Zhou
Icarus (in Press) Link to Article [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2018.08.017]
1Shanghai Key Laboratory of Special Artificial Microstructure Materials and Technology, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, P. R. China
2School of Physics Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, 200092, P. R. China
3National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
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As an attractive collector medium for hypervelocity particles, SiO2 aerogel has been deployed on outer space missions. Aiming at quantifying the complicated relationship between the penetration track and the residual grains, many attempts have been made on hypervelocity experiments and models. However, models were difficult to accord strictly well with experimental data attributed to many uncertainties including thermal effects, aerogel accretions and projectile ablation during the penetration. In this paper, impact experiments were conducted at various density silica aerogels (50∼120 kg•m−3) with regular soda-lime glass beads as projectiles. Varying degrees of thermal effects happened around and along track was observed by scanning electron microscopy. That energy distribution in the track released by hypervelocity projectile has a decreasing change. The regular data of the terminal A-β type track (the track with combined features) was found according to A-type tracks classification based on the conditions of vapor model (Domínguez, 2009). Just considering for projectile overcoming the crushing strength with uniform deceleration, the simple mechanism was confirmed by the data fitted well with the snowplow model (Domínguez et al., 2004). The result after tracks classification is due to the terminal track with few thermal effects and aerogel accretions. In addition, other two types of tracks formation processes were discussed.

Shaw meteorite: water-poor and water-rich melt inclusions in olivine and enstatite

1Thomas, R., 2Davidson, P.
Mineralogy and Petrology (in Press) Link to Article [DOI: 10.1007/s00710-018-0598-3]
1Helmholtz-Centre Potsdam, German Research Centre for Geoscience – GFZ, Section 4.3. Chemistry and Physics of Earth Materials, Telegrafenberg, Potsdam, Germany
2CODES, Centre for Ore Deposit and Earth Science, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia

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Yakutites from the Popigai meteorite crater

1,2Yelisseyev, A.P., 1Afanasyev, V.P.,2,3Gromilov, S.A.
Diamond and Related Materials 89, 10-17 Link to Article [DOI: 10.1016/j.diamond.2018.08.003]
1V.S. Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 3 Koptyug ave., Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
2Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova str., Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
3A.V. Nikolayev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 3 Lavrentyev ave., Novosibirsk, Russian Federation

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Multianalytical characterization (SEM-EDX, electron microprobe and Raman spectroscopy) of the chondrules and matrix of the Allende carbonaceus chondrite [Caracterización multianalítica (SEM-EDX, microsonda electrónica y espectroscopía Raman) de los cóndrulos y de la matriz de la condrita carbonácea de Allende]

1López-Acosta, D., 2,3Frías, J.M.,3,4Baonza, V.G., 1,4Hernández, R.L
Geogaceta 63 59-62 Link to Article [ISSN: 0213683X]
1Departamento de Cristalografía y Mineralogía, Facultad Ciencias Geológicas, UCM., Madrid, Spain
2Departamento de Geodinámica, Facultad Ciencias Geológicas, UCM, Madrid, Spain
3Instituto de Geociencias IGEO (CSIC, UCM), Madrid, Spain
4Departamento de Química Física I, Facultad Ciencias Químicas, UCM, Madrid, Spain

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